Across Pennsylvania, fishing and hunting resources are at risk. In recent years, Pennsylvania has become the epicenter for Marcellus Shale energy development in the East, as companies flock to the gas-rich area to drill for gas more than a mile below the earth's surface. Trout Unlimited supports responsible energy development, as long as the right safeguards are in place and the development is occurring in the right places. Still, some places have such high resource value and are so special to anglers, that drilling should be limited or prohibited. Here you'll find examples of these special places, why they are at risk, and how they can be protected.

For 6 days in October, volunteers the Brodhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited provided traffic control so that All Construction and Repair could move over 200 tons of boulders from a remote location on the old Northampton Community College Monroe Campus to the Pocono Creek Phase I Habitat restoration... [ READ MORE... ]

The Brodhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited has just received approval from the Monroe County Conservation District to begin a Habitat Improvement Project on a fairly featureless section of the McMichaels Creek that flows through the Monroe County Park Property. This project has been made possible due... [ READ MORE... ]

On Thursday August 13, 2015 10 Volunteers from the Brodhead Chapter Trout Unlimited, along with 7 volunteers from out surrounding sister chapters assisted Aquatic Resourse Consulting the pre-habitiat fishery population work.

Back in August after some much needed rain, I took a Friday off and hiked into the Devil's Hole. The water was low and clear, but with a little stealth and luck I was able to bring several fish to the net. I took all of the fish that day on a size 12 yellow Humpy, to immitate the hatch of Yellow... [ READ MORE... ]

The Brodhead Chapter Trout Unlimited, #289 is planning a instream habitat improvement project for the late summer early fall of this year. The plan is utilized stone deflectors, rock cross-vanes, and random boulder placement to improve a heavily channelized section of the Pocono Creek in... [ READ MORE... ]

Those of us who live here, who grew up here, who have spent any time here, know.
Pennsylvania is a special place.
I’m sure many states would lay claim to that sentence. And many states would be right. I guess I’m a bit biased. As I’m learning more and more about our woods and waters, that bias... [ READ MORE... ]

Sometimes you have to sneak up on those Pennsylvania native brookies. Bradford County, Pa. Photo by Paula Piatt
By Paula Piatt
We all have our special places. Whether it’s a farm pond where you caught frogs as a kid, a favorite tree stand for deer season, or a trickle of a trout stream where you... [ READ MORE... ]

Satterlee Creek, an intermittent stream in Bradford County, Pa., is one that has been named and claimed by the community.
“Oh, that must be Fishing Creek.”
If you’re crossing a bridge somewhere in Pennsylvania, it’s a pretty safe answer if someone asks you, “What stream is that?”
I’ve never done... [ READ MORE... ]

By Katy Dunlap
Much of Pennsylvania’s shale gas boom has taken place around the streams that support the state’s best native and wild trout habitat.
Picture a place of unspoiled wilderness where small headwater streams send cold, clean water trickling down steep mountain terrain, where wildlife is... [ READ MORE... ]

On May 13, 2015 at 7:00 PM at the Kettle Creek Environmental Education Center the Brodhead Chapter of Trout Unlimited hosted Scott Cesari presentation "History of Fly Fishing in America As Seen Through the Eye of the Hook". Scott took the Chapter members and guest through a tour of the history of... [ READ MORE... ]